Histories · Character
Artemisia
Queen of Halicarnassus who sails with Xerxes' fleet, gives him blunt counsel the Persian courtiers will not, and fights her own ships with a cunning that unsettles her Greek enemies.
supporting
First appearance: book vii polymnia
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Artemisia cunningly rams a Calyndian ship to escape an Athenian pursuer, gaining Xerxes' admiration.
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In Book VIII: Urania: Artemisia cunningly rams a Calyndian ship to escape an Athenian pursuer, gaining Xerxes' admiration. Later, she…
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- Kings and commanders of the Greco-Persian Wars
- Protagonist
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